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For the Summer Term

A Year 6 transition refresher

A teacher-delivered classroom programme for Year 6, designed as the follow-on to Life Skills Primary.

Moving On refreshes the trusted Life Skills approach at the point pupils are preparing to leave primary school, building on the skills and confidence they developed during Life Skills Primary (DAaRT) and helping them approach the transition to secondary school with confidence. It’s equally effective as a standalone unit of work.

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Built on what pupils know

As the name suggests, this programme focuses on the transition from Primary to Secondary school and the challenges this sometimes poses for our children.

Moving On revisits the language, strategies and confidence pupils developed through Life Skills Primary, applying them to the scenarios they’ll meet in their first few weeks at secondary school.

A short, teacher-led classroom resource that helps Year 6 pupils reconnect with their Life Skills learning before they move on to secondary school.

A timely refresher

Delivered in the classroom at the end of Year 6, when transition is becoming real.

Teacher Led

Two one-hour lesson plans and a resource booklet, written and designed by experienced Primary teachers, give staff a focused way to revisit Life Skills Primary.

Connected at home

The Family Hub compendium helps parents and carers continue positive conversations beyond school.

An open example of the worksheet available for students.

Classroom learning, supported at home

In lesson one, pupils consider the worries that come with moving on, discovering these are shared by almost everyone, and revisit their communication skills alongside past successes — that first day at Primary, a first assembly, a first residential — that they’ve already come through. Lesson two turns to peer pressure: the scenarios pupils may face, and the strategies to resist and get themselves out of tricky situations, backed up with the facts they need to make strong, informed decisions. Alongside the classroom programme, the Family Hub compendium gives schools accessible parent-facing materials to share, helping families reinforce the same positive messages at home.

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A confident next step, together

Life Skills Primary any time in Years 5 or 6. Moving On as the Year 6, Summer Term refresher, bringing consistency to transition preparations however your school approaches it. Family Hub resources to keep the conversation going at home.

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We know every school is different and the range of transition activities varies from Secondary to Secondary so our programme brings consistency to your children’s preparations and readiness for the next steps in their education. As one teacher told us “You can never do too much transition work”.